Tag: North Kivu

At least ten people have died in an attack near the town of Mbangkoro in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile region of North Kivu, on Sunday (20 May). It was nearly 6pm when armed men in uniform started firing at inhabitants. They burned a car, killing some inside; others . . . Read More

Civil society organisations in eastern DRC have reiterated their call to President Joseph Kabila to stop the ongoing killings, which have claimed more than 2,500 lives in three years. Until late 2017, the North Kivu region had enjoyed a period of relative calm before violence resumed with the killing of . . . Read More

Fresh violence in the volatile region of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, claimed at least five lives over the weekend. According to local sources, the victims were killed as armed men believed to be militants of Muslim Defense International attacked a convoy of trucks on Friday night (20 April) near . . . Read More

Gunmen have killed another Catholic priest in DRC’s eastern province of North Kivu. Fr. Etienne Sengiyumva, 38, was killed on 8 April. “An assailant entered the house where he was having dinner, aimed his gun at the priest and killed him,” said Fr Emmanuel Kapitual, a curate in the parish . . . Read More

A fresh attack – on 9 February – in the volatile province of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has claimed five lives and left several people injured. An undetermined number of others are also missing. According to French news site RFI, the attack took place at about 7pm, and targeted . . . Read More

A Catholic priest kidnapped by armed men in the volatile region of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has been released. Fr. Robert Masinda from the parish of Bingo, in Beni, was kidnapped on Monday 22 January, along with five others, though four were soon released. According to Mgr. Laurent Sondirya, . . . Read More

After a period of relative calm, violence has resumed in eastern DRC. Various attacks by armed groups, including the radical Islamic group Muslim Defense International (MDI), formerly known as the Allied Democratic Forces, have claimed dozens lives among civilians in September and October. In one recent attack on 26 October, . . . Read More

Dozens of people have lost their lives in recent days in separate attacks attributed to the radical Islamic group Muslim Defense International (MDI), formerly known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in the volatile region of North Kivu in eastern DRC. According to local sources, 11 people were killed when a convoy . . . Read More

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the situation in the eastern province of North Kivu, which shares borders with Uganda and Rwanda, is still volatile and a source great concern. Eight members of a local church were massacred on 9 September in the latest in a series of attacks. . . . Read More

Three people were hacked to death with machetes while three others were kidnapped in a raid carried out by armed men on Saturday, 2 September, in Lahe-Malolu/Vemba village, situated 12km from Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile eastern region of North Kivu. Speaking to the UN-based Radio . . . Read More